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Anglicans honored

Ottawa Two prominent Anglicans were honored by being named to the Order of Canada, the nation?s highest honor this summer. Retired Anglican bishop John R.

Journal officers selected

The newly formed board of directors of the Anglican Journal Corporation has elected Rev. Robert Towler of Huron president. A priest from Kitchener, Ont., Mr.

Beardy elected chief of band

Muskrat Dam, Ont. Gordon Beardy, former diocesan bishop of Keewatin, has a new title to add to his signature: chief. He was elected to the

Anglican takes United Church job

Walpole Island, Ont. Rev. Laverne Jacobs, a Walpole Island priest who used to head General Synod?s native ministries department, has accepted a position doing the

Parishes join protest

Five Anglican parishes near the Chevron refinery in North Burnaby, B.C., diocese of New Westminster, are involved in a multi-church coalition opposing Chevron?s plan to

Dynamics of hate still alive and well

In the past month we have had “more than we can ask or imagine” of commemoration of the attacks on New York and Washington.How helpful

Impasse resolved

New York The 18-month-long impasse between a vestry in Accokeek, Md. and the diocese of Washington over the election of a rector opposed to the

WCC seeking ways to cut expenditures

Geneva The World Council of Churches, the world?s biggest ecumenical organization, is to cut spending drastically in the face of severe financial problems. ?We are

Bishop resigns in protest

Geneva Lutheran Bishop Margot Kaessmann of Germany, one of the most prominent women in the World Council of Churches, has resigned from the ecumenical body?s

Accidents plague gathering

Archbishop David Gitari, leader of the Anglican church in Kenya, escaped injury when the car he was in struck a police vehicle. Nairobi Anglican Archbishop

RC prelate accused

Sydney (ENI)?The Roman Catholic Church in Australia has been thrown into crisis following sexual assault allegations against the country?s most powerful and controversial religious leader,

Synod planning starts

Although it may seem that General Synod 2001 was just yesterday, planning for General Synod 2004 has started, said General Secretary Jim Boyles. The General

No point in obtaining Eucharist by deceit

Dear editor, Having read several times over the last month the letter from your Prague correspondent (Anglicans incognito, June 2002), I cannot dispel my initial

Finances force program cuts by WCC

Geneva In an emotional annual meeting Aug. 26 to Sept. 3, the World Council of Churches? central committee contended with differing view of ecumenical worship

Japan elects primate

TokyoBishop James Toru Uno of the diocese of Kita Kanto in central Japan, was elected primate of the Anglican church in Japan, succeeding Archbishop John

Communion reacts to controversial decision

Bishop Michael Ingham of New Westminster speaks to reporters after the synod’s decision on same-sex blessings. Anglican bishops, clergy and lay people of every stripe